Are you me, but with better skill? I do this all the time but the end result is like Homer Simpson's spice rack.

Bah, I could do that for $200 in only a week or two.

So instead of a cheap Amazon furniture she got a more valuable hand made one. Seems like a good deal to me

Hey have you ever considered acquiring more succulents?

I am a carpenter. I bought a jewelry rack for my partner off amazon. It broke in 2 months.

I assure you your time and effort will not go to waste as this is going to last a million times longer. Not to mention the brownie points!

A forklift-themed party? That sounds awesome haha

I'd like to see you're wife's version of this post.

Nice work! $90 and the satisfaction of having built something yourself! Did/ are you thinking of staining it given the wateringv situation?

my guess is yours look like what your wife wanted, wheres the amazon one would have looked like utter shit (also the quality), and nothing like the pictures on the site. so well done man.

Very nice looking. Given the numbers of plants, the next project should be a nice double-paned glass greenhouse. It will be cheap only $20K or so :-).

Did you toss a finish on that? Pine plus water will not age well. On projects like that spraying is much more time efficient. I would use a lacquer personally if the weather outside is appropriate. It requires lots of ventilation but dries fast. I use three coats on stuff that needs to be water resistant. Five coats for stuff like aquarium stands.

When I apply it, I open all the doors in the garage and put a fan on as well as wearing a respirator. Damn stuff is pungent but I love the results.

So much nicer than Amazon or Ikea. Bah, fuck that crap, do anything yourself. I'm in the process of making a sofa because they're painfully expensive or total crap here, learning to sew and anything about upholstery foam. Free yourself from the corporate tyranny & make it all yourself!

That shelf looks amazing. Good job. What was your wife’s reaction ? Did she give it a rating?

Looks great, are you single ?

This is beautiful! I would be so touched if my partner went to all this trouble to make me something like this.

Looks good, though. Hope it was a fun build.

Looks great! Did you at least get to buy a few new tools out of it as well?

Great work mate, much better than getting something store bought 🪚

That tiny bit of pine wood cost 90 dollaroos?! Christ, no wonder I can never afford to make anything :-(

That's like, 6 full weeks of house electricity payments right there, haha.

Yours will likely last a long longer and be much easier to repair though.

Bruh, save some drip for rest of us. Looks dope.

Well it looks really nice

Have you thought about adding grow lights?

Ngl, it looks awesome 👌

Great looking project! That looks to be about $90 worth of wood these days 😁

It’s beautiful! Will probably last longer too.

The shelf looks stunning! I'm a bit nervous about the plants at the bottom - they don't have enough light. This part of the shelf would be perfect for some small gardening equipment and the plants could inhabit the window!

Looks great. Also, I can tell that you don't have cats living there.